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Welcome Letter!- New President

Welcome!

For those of you that may not know me -let me start with a quick intro. - I'm Jennifer Polixenni Brankin and the new ASMP TUCSON chapter president. If I haven't met you yet I look forward to meeting you at one of our next events, I look forward to stepping into this role and putting into practice all the wonderful skills I learnt from being vice president for Amy Blackburn. (Thank you Amy!)  OK back to business!!-

Here at ASMP TUCSON we are striving to bring you the latest information consolidated in a bi-monthly newsletter. Please, let me know if there is something else you want to see here or any suggestions for future events. This is our chapter and I need you to help me and the board create events that you're passionate about attending and getting involved with. Feel free to email me if you have any suggestions or feedback.

To highlight a few things in this newsletter I want to draw your attention to volunteer opportunities with Habitat for Humanity - they are looking for volunteer photographers for this weekend! There are some fun and interesting events that are coming up in the next few weeks. Take a peek at the newly re-designed ASMP TUCSON website and learn about another great benefit of being an ASMP member! 

I look forward to seeing you at our next event and learning to fill these large shoes over the coming year!

Cheers!

Jennifer Polixenni Brankin

ASMP TUCSON Chapter President

(720) 273-8285

studio@polixenni.com

March 4th 2010

Our Deanne Fitzmaurice event is right around the corner. Please email Amy Blackburn your RSVP for this fantastic event amybphotography@mac.com

New Chapter Websitel

Just in case you haven't had a chance to see it - ASMP TUCSON has a new website!  I'd like to give a big shout out and make you aware that the new website wouldn't be up and running if it wasn't for RIchard Wagner - Thank you, thank you!  The website is a lot easier to update and looks pretty slick, we want it to support you by being an additional online location to represent your business and give you important information about up-and-coming events that are happening at the local level of ASMP.  Take a moment and check it out www.asmptucson.org  As with any new website if you encounter any issues or bugs with it please email Richard our wonderful webmaster. rich@wildnaturephotos.com  Don't forget that with the new re-design if you haven't already - please update your image sizes in the member gallery 1024 pixels wide x 768 pixels tall, sRGB and JPG format.  You can also submit a few strips for the home page image 624 pixels x 227 pixels and you can either break it up into several images or as one full frame crop. You can email them to our wonderful webmaster.

Networking Reception: POP ART!

Canned Art? Sound interesting? In celebration of the Andy Warhol exhibit this month, we are bringing a new, POP ART idea to Tucson’s First Fridays!

Andy Warhol was a revolutionary artist that took ordinary things like the Campbell soup label and added his own swing to it to make it art! So why can’t we do the same?? First Fridays would like to combine Andy’s Campbell soup art into our networking reception and we need your help!

First Fridays is Tucson’s most dynamic monthly networking social fundraiser that combines business with the latest in pop culture, art, music and charity. This monthly fundraiser benefits the non-profit, Tucson Young Professionals www.tucsonyoungprofessionals.com/, a group of business and community leaders focused on the promotion, attraction and retention of young professionals in Tucson area. Help TYP reach their goal of providing members with professional development through scholarships to Greater Tucson Leadership, Tucson Ambassadors and conferences by coming out to First Fridays, March 5, 2010 at 8:00pm  TUCSON MUSEUM OF ART.

This is a great cross networking opportunity and a chance to get ASMP Tucson on people's radar as a place to look for trusted and talented photographers. We will have a table with info as well as our banner at the event and it would be great to have attendance from ASMP at the event.

$20 to attend the event but we have negotiated a special rate of $5 entry for ASMP MEMBERS. Please contact Jennifer Brankin for more info on tickets to the event 720 273 8285.

You can find information on the event both at our local ASMP site and www.typfirstfridays.com

Future of ASMP Tucson

WE NEED YOU!

ASMP Arizona/Tucson provides valuable business resources and education to Tucson's professional photography community while fostering relationships and creativity.

ASMP Tucson is still in need of a vice-president, I strongly urge you to think about the future of ASMP Tucson and help me find someone who who will be able to step into that role. Please email me any suggestions of people who you think might be interested in volunteering, our current board is a dynamic group of caring individuals who are committed to bringing exciting programs to the Tucson area. We always have room for more board members at large and people to assist with developing new programs and assisting with events. email me back at studio@polixenni.com if you think you might be interested.

Studio Spaces for rent

MECKLER STUDIO:

$75 per hour ( min 2 hours) Located in the heart of downtown Tucson this 7,000 square foot studio is big enough to shoot a bus in! Check out more info and photos at  www.mecklerphotography.com/meckler-photography-studio.html 

121 South Fourth Avenue
Tucson, Arizona 85701
Tel (520)792-2467

WALKER STUDIO:

 Close to the 6th Ave art galleries and in the happenings of 4th Ave cafe's is Balfour Walker's 5,000 square foot studio space. Available for use- 1/2 day rates start at $200. Full day rates also available. For more information visit www.balfourwalker.com/studio.html

650 N. 6th Avenue Tucson, AZ 85705
Work (520) 624-1121
Cell (520) 907-9505

fun stuff!

ASMP T-SHIRT GALLERY

In 2009 we started to sell our very own ASMP TUCSON shirts and I came up with this idea that we should do a "where in the world is the ASMP-Tucson shirt?"  photo gallery. I want a collection of our Tucson photographers in action all over the globe in our shirts! So please, if you wear your shirt on your next assignment please be sure to snap yourself and email me so we can post it in our gallery! studio@polixenni.com

Pictured is Martha Lochert in the Gardner Canyon (Santa Rita Mountains) "Blacklighting" for moths.
http://www.marthalochertphotography.com/

T-shirts are for sale at our events.

Find an Assistant listing

ASMP Tucson - Find an assistant listing

Our ASMP local listing for Find an Assistant is in need of - some assistance.

You can list yourself as a assistant through your member profile or if you have an assistant that you think would benefit from being on this list then we need them to get on board! 

admin.asmp.org/help/findassistant.php

Member benefit featured

PixOasis

There are so many benefits of being an ASMP member and here is another one that you may not know about!

PixOasis is a service for photographers to deliver digital high-res images over the web without FTP. You can batch upload to secure servers all your high- and low-res files — TIFF, JPEG, PSD files with layers and RAW files up to 275 megs — for clients to view, edit online, and download right from your galleries. You can personalize your galleries by displaying your logo in the web header. Unlike FTP where only files names are visible, PixOasis presents your images as thumbnail and intermediate sized images with a simple user interface. You control how long your links stay active and can allow or disallow client downloading of your high-res images.

Try it out: Sign up for a free PixOasis 50-MB account, with easy paid upgrades to larger capacity.

With each paid upgrade, ASMP Members are offered special promotional plans that include 25% more quota space than the standard plans. Please enter the promotional code ASMP33613 when signing up. Current PixOasis members can contact support@pixoasis.com to modify their accounts and take advantage of this special ASMP promotion.

asmp.org/articles/member-benefits-pixoasis.html

www.pixoasis.com/

Habitat needs Photographers

Habitat for Humanity Needs Volunteer Photographers

We’ve got another event coming up where we could really use a couple of photographers.

We’re raising the walls on our second home in Marana on Feb. 20th starting at 7:30am going until just after lunch at 1:30pm. This home is being completely funded by one group, the Catholic Daughters, which is a rarity indeed! They’re flying representatives from all over the country to attend and we would really like to capture the day with some of your amazing photographs.

We’re flexible, so if you could come out at any time during the day that would be great – and, of course, you’re welcome to join us for lunch.

Please let me know if you’re available.

Thank you so much for all of your support of Habitat!
Amanda Thomas
Marketing and Public Relations Associate
amandat@habitattucson.org
621 W. Lester St.
Tucson, AZ 85705
tel: 520-326-1217 ext. 213
mobile: 520-909-3777

Tucson Festival of Books

Volunteer Photographers and Videographers

March 13th & 14th  UA campus

Volunteer  for 2 hours slots of your time over the weekend festival to help local non-profit literacy programs.

For more info on the book festival please go to tucsonfestivalofbooks.com/

images will be used for the website and to help promote the event to the community next year. There will be a downloading station on site so all you have to do is shoot, name files (so we can identify who's images they are) and then you're job is done! There are others who have volunteered to help with the editing!

Credit for work will be given and you get a free Festival volunteer shirt. The festival is also in need of 300 volunteers to help drive authors around, assist with seating and helping with the days activities- so if you want a break from shooting there are other ways you can help out too.

To sign up as a volunteer please contact Video and Photo co-ordinator  Jennifer Polixenni Brankin studio@polixenni.com